Combined head-shield and band for cigars.



1). WEISS. COMBINED HEAD SHIELD AND BAND FOR CIGARS.

APPLICATION PILBD MAY1'7,1912.

1,106,016. Patented Aug. 4, 1914,

J96. fi'nn/W g I x and combination of parts,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID wnrss, or CLEVELAND, dnro.

COMBINED HEAD-gHIELD AItTD BAND FOR CIGARS.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

Application filed May 11, 1912. Serial No. 697,849.

To all whom/kit may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID VVEIss, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Head-Shield and Band for Cigars; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same. V

This invention relates to improvements in a combined head-shield and band for cigars.

The object of this invention is to provide ashield for the head of a cigar for protecting and keeping the same in a sanitary condition, together with a band for carrying the name or trade-mark of the cigar, and to form said band and shield from a single blank so that the shield and band can be applied to the cigar in a continuous operation and in about the same time as it now takes to apply a band.

With this object in view, this invention consists in certain features of construction,

hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

- material, such, for lnstance,

In said drawings, Figure 1' shows the blank which when applied to the cigar forms the shield and band. Fig. 2 shows the blank partially'applied to the cigar. Fig. 3 is a top plan relative to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows the completed shield and band on a cigar.

Referring to-the drawings, and particularly to Fig. 1 whichshows the blank for forming the shield and band, 10 represents the main part or body-portion of the blank.

bl ank if'it be desired to preserve it.

In Figs. 2 and 4, A indicates a cigar and a in Figs. 2 and 3 represents the head of said Said blank is of any suitablm' flexible thin as paper. left-hand portion of the main part or body is substantially straight and substantially horizontal, and said portion also has a left-hand side edge 12 which slants downwardly to the base, of said main part or body. Saidmain part or body is long enough to surround the cigar to which my improved combined head-shield and band is to be applied, and provided at its base with a band-forming portion 14 which extends longitudinally of said base,-

that is longitudinally of said main part or body,and has its lower edge 15 substantially parallel with the top ed e 11 of said main part or body. The bandorming por- The- '[tion 14 terminates at the right-hand end of the main part or body 10 in a tab 16 which at its top edge is free from said main part or body, and said band-forming portion is long enough to render it capable of surrounding the cigar, and the tab 16 is arranged to overlap the opposite end of said band-forming portion u on wrapping said band-forming portion'wlth said main part or body around a cigar. The main part or body 10 terminates at its right-hand end and above the tab 16 in a flap 13 which is arranged at an angle to said main part or body and projects upwardly or outwardly from said main part or body and above and to the right of the top edge 11 of said main part or body and is therefore arranged above said tab and extends above said 'ed 'e, and said tab is free from said flap and therefore does not interfere with the wrapping of said flap spirally around a cigar. The left-hand side edge 12 of the main part or body 10 is preferably substantially parallel with the flap 13. Said flap is preferabl substantially oval-shaped and large enoug in dimensions to render it capable of being wrapped spirally around a ci ar, so that said flap and the main part or ody 10 and the tab 16 of the band-forming portion "14 have the best possible configuration and relam ar.

.lhe operation of forming the shield and adjusting the band on the'cigar is as follows :-The blank is placed against the side of the cigar so that the top edge 11 of the body-portion 10 of the blank registers with the tip of the head of the cigar, and said edge therefore forms an index or ide for positioning the blank when applying .it to the cigar, as it is important that blanks embodyin my invention be correspondingly applie on like cigars in order to present the pro er appearance when the cigars are pac ed in a box. After a blank has been ap 14: is wrapped around the cigar an the tale a spiral jcoil conformingto the shape of the fore that a cigar protectontormed by the end shield. for a oi ar, said blank being oomtheopp o'site end otfsmd -fotmihg per-q 40 'ei'onnd the oigen and terminatin at its base tn e bend-forming portion which has; the

dimensions to 'i'endetit the item of being the cigar and twisted'et the: outetex tfemity 1 "lied to the cigar the bdnd-forinin' portion 16 on one end of the bend-portion is over lapped on and pasted or ceniented .tQthe ppga posite end of the band-pontiom- The same operation Which wra ps' the hand -petition w'raps thebody-Q'ortion of the'blank around; the head of the cigar, but theflep 13* efitends out free as shown in Figs. 2 and 3- The flap 13 is-next wound Eai'oundthe cigar. in

head :ot the cigar as shown inv Fig.4, and the end is then twisted beyond the outer extreinity ortip of said heed'as at 18, to prevent unwinding. It will be'observed therebla'nk hereinbefore described hash sh eld-- .tportion wrapped oiwound spirally around Y and inclosing the head-portionoif a cigar,- and it bend-portion arranged at the inner mental in 'PI venting unwinding of said shield=portion; 7 1 What I: claim is 1. A blank for forming a combined band posed of thin fiexib e material and comprisin a mainpart or body a depted to be WIELPPQ length and arrangement required tos mronnd' the cigar upon wrapping said-main pant or body around the cigzti endcomprisesttgtttb which forms one end :otisdid bend-fomning pottioiyssid tab "being amt-en ed to oven-hip wrapped spirally ar und the; eed-p'oitioninfof eeid heedeportion end said tilt extending;

ing arranged over and spaced from the top-'- edgeiof said ,teb andfpt'ojectiliig;above saj'id ma inlpattot" body;

fl l ff ft wd it e n pp e. Said;

-' cempi= sestint-whiten forms one en of said -.pm ot'body fhavin a top --substantially pamlle with said, band fo't'm* a I f itn testimony whereof, I Sign the It t trom sald m idpai'tor hody in t e direction "in -wh1"ch the aforesaid tab projects and'bewitnessesz' 2 A bl nit for forming a i iend -eh eldhtfot weigh -W hh k m 3' mo em I. pdsedofthid niaterial and oomprisingye ff nttin or body adapted to be wrapped eronndfthe cigar ma terminatin figtjigflifi base in e loz ndztorming portioow'hic has the len hztnd "arrangement required to i innini m tjoij bod ailroundthe oi "a1" and band-torminfgfioortion flhnd said tab being HIIBLI} ed to overlap band ing portion sutrennds the cigar; the main part on body tett nindting in e flep wliiohlarge enough indinheneions to ne'nder it ed" thebpposite end of said; owning port on. when said band-formpable- OfbBiEgKWTEtPpBd spirally around the a heed-portion of the cigar and twisted at the body]; endb'em atmnged over the" taped e, .2 of t e aforesaid 'teb; and'substdntiel'ly' 0v shaped. I

a. A m-fink for teemi g eoinbined some end shield for a -ci'gdr s'eiidblank-being' composed of thin flexible 'in terial and comprising-en mdin-part or body adapted to be 1 wrappeddmund the cigar and terminating :et its'basein a band-forming portion which 1 has the len'gth and arrangement required to surround thecigar uponwmppingf' said main part; or body around the oigarysaid mfafin edge which is in portion and terminating in e flfa p which.

is; m 'geqenough "dimensions-to render it eapahle o t being" wt'hpipedspittdlyj around @e' he d pertion of-the [cigar and twisted at thehutter; extremityjt ot said fhedportion, said. flspfi projeetinf;1above and being dr- Whmged one end 0 ;.t he aforesaidedge, and

he afioi eshid}:dhdforming;portion ompris *inig ttteh wh ohfonns one end ot's'andb andermine portion end is arranged ulider stud specifioetion, iii the presence oft n-n wt I N L. MoiDomnttLi outer extremity of 'se-id' head p'ozttion, and to 1 $5 fit-pend adapted to overlapthe epposite endit seid bitnd fotmingportion whefisa id :hsn'd toi'ming portion sutround's thepiga ri. y 

